Home Live Art Turns 25
We are thrilled to announce that this year Home Live Art is celebrating a quarter-century of pushing artistic boundaries!
To mark this special milestone, we are excited to unveil part of our 25th-anniversary programme:
London: A performance evening on Friday 25 October curated by acclaimed artist and choreographer SERAFINE1369, who will reimagine our legendary Performance Salons with a unique event exploring movement, time and bodies set in a mound of soil.
Hastings: Join us for a very special Salty queer birthday party on Thursday 28 November at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings. We are bringing back some of the amazing queer artists we’ve worked with over the years for a big performance birthday extravaganza.
In addition, continuing our tradition of presenting radical choirs (over 25 and counting), we’re thrilled to host Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir on Sunday 20 October, who will awaken the spirit of the Earth in all of us with powerful anthems and thought-provoking sermons. Earth-A-Lujah!
Online: Look forward to a series of 25 interviews with 25 artists and activists who have been part of Home Live Art’s journey, reflecting on their practice and on the future of Live Art.
New Website Launch: Explore our brand-new website to delve into our archive and stay tuned for more updates.
“Home Live Art began life in 1999, presenting experimental performances in a family house in South London. This pioneering approach to Live Art and community building remains at the heart of what we do and continues to inspire our work today.
I am proud to be part of this legacy and to see Home Live Art continue to be driven by a passionate team of producers dedicated to discovering new and innovative ways for audiences, artists and communities to connect.
Here’s to celebrating 25 years and embracing the next chapter – we can’t wait to share it with you!”
A 25-Year Journey in Live Art
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A 25-Year Journey in Live Art 〰️
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Home Live Art is founded by Mimi Banks and Laura Godfrey Isaacs, starting with Performance Salons in a domestic house in South London. Introducing Live Art into intimate, everyday settings.
Together they host over 25 Performance Salons—transforming the kitchen, living room, basement, and even the bath into performance venues. Over 60 artists participate, including Bobby Baker, Marcia Farquhar, Franko B, Robin Deacon and Ursula Martinez to name a few.
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The company moves out of the house with performances taking place in diverse settings, such as public squares, cemeteries, Victorian parks, shipping containers, car parks, on bus tours, at music festivals and even in the River Thames.
Earning them a reputation for innovative and socially engaged Live Art.
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Laura Godfrey Isaacs resigns as co-director and Jane Greenfield, who joined as Associate Producer in 2005, becomes Co-Director alongside Mimi Banks.
Together, they produce large-scale, site-specific and participatory projects with cultural partners like the National Theatre, Barbican, National Trust and the British Museum.
Working with artists such as Barby Asante, Bob & Roberta Smith, Curious, Disabled Avant Garde, Tim Etchells, Frank Chickens, Amy Sharrocks, Stacy Makishi, Lois Weaver, and Amy Lamé & Pom Pom International.
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The company relocates to the South East, launching new programmes at Angel House in Brighton and the Coastal Currents Festival in Hastings.
Mimi Banks and Jane Greenfield step down as Co-Directors. Katy Baird is appointed as Artistic Director, forming a radical new partnership with the queer performance organisation Duckie as Executive Directors.
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Home Live Art establishes itself in Hastings, introducing the biennial performance festival Knotty and Salty, a series of queer performance parties.
Major community-led projects include Playing the Race Card, Painting the Prom and the Hastings Queer History Collective.
The company remains committed to its core values of innovation, experimental practice and audience & community engagement.
